Kalkwasser and vinegar? Side effects?

[Belgian Anthias]

Often vinegar is advised to reduce the risk for precipitation and or increase the potential of kalkwasser additions. If it is the intention to replace evaporation by kalkwasser, besides increasing heterotrophic growth, what may be the side effects and caveats of adding vinegar to increase the potential of kalkwasser to its maximum?

 

[Belgian Anthias]

I give it a try:

Normally organic carbon becomes available via balanced feeding, decay and autotrophic growth
As vinegar supports metabolism, I suspect it will lower alkalinity.
As only organic carbon is added on a daily base (evaporation) without taking into account the availability of nutrients I suspect essential nutrients may be depleted, certainly in a tank using a skimmer.
As fast growth uses ammonia I suspect the installed autotrophic carrying capacity is reduced.
If a fast growth rate can not be maintained due to limited availability of one or more essential nutrients the C:N ratio may increase and the total carrying capacity needed may not be supported any more as part of the autotrophic carrying capacity was removed previously.
If the C/N ratio increases this may mess up the entire tank when nutrients become available, in particular the coral holobiont. This may provoke bleaching, even kill corals.

Just a few things coming up in my mind, probably there is a lot more if the quantity of vinegar added only depends on the evaporation rate.